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Mario Kart Update Removes Offensive Gesture
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on the Switch just got an update that amongst other tweaks changes one of Inkling Girl’s animations, which I guess Nintendo didn’t realise meant something a little more offensive in Europe than it did in Japan. Here’s a comparison showing what’s been changed, courtesy of NeoGAF user Neiteio. First, a shot…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 17, 2017 -
Hello Little Nier Robots
Model builder and Kotaku reader Kevin Derken, whose work we’ve featured on the site before, went and built himself a couple of replicas of the lil’ robots from Nier: Automata These are built entirely from scratch. Kevin modelled the robots on his computer, 3D-printed them out, added a ball joint from a Gundam model to…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 17, 2017 -
There Are Still Licensed Kids Games On Consoles In 2017
Compare the release schedule of 2017 to that of 2007 and one of the biggest differences you’d see is the almost complete disappearance of licensed games for kids. Where once movies and TV shows would see average (at best) cash-ins released on PlayStation and Xbox, today they land on mobile, and are even worse. But…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 17, 2017 -
Arms Shows That Switch Motion Controls Might Actually Be OK
With Nintendo’s motion controllers now into their second decade of life, I find myself… agnostic. I like Wii Sports and I think pointer aiming in Twilight Princess was awesome, but I don’t like gyro aiming in Splatoon and the less said about Star Fox Zero the better. So where does Arms fit in? Due June…
By Chris Kohler Published May 17, 2017 -
Nintendo showed the first glimpse of Splatoon 2‘s single-player mode, called “Hero Mode,” at the end of today’s Nintendo Direct. This is where all the “Squid Sisters Stories” stuff was leading, as you may have guessed. Since the original Splatoon’s single-player was excellent, I have high hopes.
By Chris Kohler Published May 17, 2017 -
The ARMS Nintendo Direct is starting at 6pm Eastern. You can watch right here.
By Jason Schreier Published May 17, 2017 -
Phantom Dust Is Still A Great Time (And Totally Free)
Phantom Dust is a 2004 action game that mixes Magic the Gathering deck building and frantic arena brawling. A free remaster was released yesterday for Windows 10 and Xbox One. Heather and Chris collect magic spells and slash their way to a few victories in this archived stream. Set in a post-apocalyptic future, Phantom Dust…
By Heather Alexandra Published May 17, 2017 -
Farpoint Gets Virtual Reality First-Person Shooters Right
What makes a good virtual reality first-person shooter? Give me a analog stick to move my feet and a giant plastic PlayStation Aim gun to steer me by. The hordes of alien spiders are optional. Seriously, stop it with the spiders, Farpoint. I only recently acquired PlayStation VR, so Impulse Gear’s Farpoint is my first…
By Mike Fahey Published May 17, 2017 -
Overwatch Director Says Balancing D.Va Was His ‘Low Point’ Of The Year
It’s no secret that Overwatch players are precious about the game’s balance changes. On the internet, fans act as armchair game devs, flooding the Overwatch forums with strongly-worded opinions whenever there’s an unpopular or surprising change. Most recently, the forums overflowed with salt after the popular tank hero D.va received a brutal nerf, making her…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published May 17, 2017 -
Zelda: Breath of the Wild Cheats Open Up A World Of Possibilities
Breath of the Wild players have developed a cheat code mod that lets you spawn almost any object, item, character, or boss into your game. The raw power this affords Link is incredible. Here’s MrBean35000vr, testing out a sliver of things you can do with the “Accio Master Code” on the Wii U version of…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 17, 2017 -
Designer Pokémon Watch Costs $258,000, Is Ugly
Luxury Swiss watchmakers RJ-Romain Jerome have made meticulous, fascinating watches since 2004. Now, they’re collaborating with Pokémon. The results aren’t so pretty. If you want quickly understand what kind of watches RJ-Romain Jerome makes and who those watches are for, let this sentence wash over you: In 2012, they made a watch that contained materials…
By Gita Jackson Published May 17, 2017 -
Sims 4 Mod Lets You Square Up With Your Toddlers
Toddlers in The Sims series have are generally annoying. They can’t walk, talk or use the bathroom on their own, and they’ll keep adult sims up all night to boot. This mod lets you show them how you really feel. The “Square Up” meme—an image of a woman attempting to fight a child—propagated on Black…
By Gita Jackson Published May 17, 2017 -
South Park: The Fractured But Whole Will Be Out In October
Following a lengthy delay, the next South Park game will now be out on October 17, 2017. The Fractured But Whole is a sequel to 2014’s Stick of Truth, although this game is developed by publisher Ubisoft’s internal San Francisco studio rather than Obsidian Entertainment. It looks very, very dumb and also very, very fantastic. New…
By Jason Schreier Published May 17, 2017 -
Old Leaked Design Documents Show What Prey Could’ve Been
Three years ago, a handful of leaked design documents revealed an early version of Arkane Austin’s vision for Prey, which was then code-named Project Danielle. It’s fascinating to see how much has changed since then. These early design documents, which were leaked on a torrent website in 2014 (and are neatly summed upon NeoGAF here),…
By Jason Schreier Published May 17, 2017 -
Every Big Game Coming Out In Spring 2017
Spring has arrived, and with it, a new slew of big releases. Here’s what to look out for from now until summer. March 23rd Super Mario Run | Android | Runner March 24th Zero Escape: The Nonary Games | PC, PS4, Vita | Visual Novel/Puzzle March 28th Snake Pass | PC, Switch, PS4, Xbox One…
By Gita Jackson Published May 17, 2017 -
Star Ocean: Til the End of Time arrives on North American PS4 on May 23. It’s the same game as the 2004 original, only the jaggies have been cleaned up through the PS4’s HD emulator and it’s got trophy support. It’ll be available to download via the PlayStation Store for $20.99.
By Mike Fahey Published May 17, 2017 -
The Witcher Is Getting A Netflix Series
The Witcher series is being turned into an English language Netflix drama by CG visual effects company Platige Image S.A. The Witcher series was spawned by Polish novelist Andrzej Sapkowski and has spawned highly successful (and wonderful) video games. “I’m thrilled that Netflix will be doing an adaptation of my stories, staying true to the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 17, 2017
